Magpie Central Defender Staying At Newcastle

It seems that the Daily Mirror are backing off their story yesterday of saying that Steven Taylor will be offered in part exchange for Loic Remy plus £6M also being paid out by Newcastle.

Steven Taylor – staying at Newcastle
That was always a rather unbelievable proposition from Newcastle, and would never happen, and the Mirror follow-up story today is that Steven Taylor will refuse to join QPR and wants to stay on Tyneside.

Well that’s a big surprise.

The Mirror is reporting “Taylor, 26, wants to extend his contract which has three years to run.”

Taylor is 27 and turns 28 in January, and he is a local lad who made his Newcastle debut at right-back in 2004, when he was 18 and Bobby Robson was managing the Tyneside club.

When this story came out yesterday we just couldn’t believe it, although Alan Pardew did verify yesterday that Loic Remy is indeed a Newcastle target this summer.

42 responses so far ↓

Story was so ridiculous, they must decide who they link to who buy some sort of bingo ball system.

a) Tayls is clearly prem standard
b) Tayls is worth at least 5 million (plus the rest)
c) remy has a 6-8 mill release clause (so 6 mill + taylor = ??)
d) Pardew has always said he rates Taylor
e) Pardew said only the other day he wants premiership experience in his squad

The two clubs have confirmed Newcastle United have successfully negotiated terms with Piere Diddly and Gabrielle Squat!

This should come as great relief to the fans, whom so far had worried about the current transfer market, with a few exceptions who always had faith that the club could bring in Diddly, Squat of the coming weeks.

Off topic one
For the 2014 WC, so many people are talking Germany, Brazil and Spain as the only contenders… I tell you what though Argentina have the strongest squad I have seen from them in a long time, look at their last starting lineup

@Sydney
Ive never considerd argintina to have a strong team, ive always looked at them as a one man team with messi, But that is an extremely strong side. Depends how the coaches can influence the players, south american can be entertaining but its not always effective.
I think belgium will give everyone a shock, Perhaps making semi’s / quarters. There team could be along the lines of..(Apologies now if i havnt managed to spell a single name right…)
GK – COURTOIS
DL – VERTOHOGEN
DC – KOMPANY
DC – VERMAELEN
DR – VAN BUTYEN
MC – FELLAINI
MC – DEMEBELE
MC – WITSIL
RW – HAZARD
LW – MIRRALAS
ST – BENTEKE

Kc-Toon
I definitely think Belgium will give a few teams a shake, but I still think they are one tournament away from taking a major trophy, I think Belgium and Germany will be the definite favourites for Euro 2016. They have a great lineup, but @gonufc is correct, Van Buyten has actually struggled to start and Alderweireld has been starting at RB.
Back to Argentina, they apparently have the right coach now and are playing fantastic, the biggest issue previously has been how they can get the very best out of all their attacking players, including Messi, for a team effort.
Brazil impressed me in patches but their defeat of Spain must surely be taken with a pinch of salt. They played the high energy, high pressing tactic from Germany, but the difference was that Brazil were clinical in taking their chances.
At the end of the day, much depends on the group draws, then we will see the best stand out! Hoping for another group of death, Imagine having Brazil, Belgium, Holland & Ivory Coast in one group!

Gotta be Brazil for me, at home, 10 blokes playing well together, neymar doing what he feels like, but most importantly back to the good old fluid passing and moving, they’re close to the former selves for me.

Spain dont have a chance imo, Italy played them off the pitch, Brazil played them off the pitch. They look a little disjointed, id even expect us to give them a decent game.

Holland is a tricky one, one of the best attacking teams but defensively they struggle

Germany have struggled last couple of games but id expect them to galvanise for the cup, can never write them off but cant see them getting past quarters.

Belgium are great on paper but id take all other teams above to finish higher, id say around Portugal is my bet.

From a previous post,Torq & Yo Yo regarding Siem De Jong I am in total agreement with your posts.150 games,50 goals + 33 assists,23 with right foot,7 left foot & 8 headed goals. If we sign only 1 player this should be the one,a no brainer for me.

Morning men-another lovely day in the offing,be perfect if a big name signing came through the nufc door today.
I don’t know much about this apparent u21 Dutch goalkeeper that we are supposedly signing.i thought Alnwick was to be given a chance to shine this season

Good morning torq
I see spurs have gone in for bent eke-hopefully clear the way for remy !!.
Also seen that fernabache have bid 6mill for ba from chelski.personally if it was a choice between ba and bent for the same fee I see this as a no brainer

Anyway, went away and missed your comment the other day, about watching me (er…) and me being full of conceit etc… you dont seem to remember that I stuck up for you and suggested everyone back off because you were 12 1/2 years old, do you? Kids today. So ungrateful.

thai-mag @30 – I read somewhere on Twitter (so believe it or not) that JFK is away for a week and the break is connected with the anniversary of the death of his son – if true then I don’t think we can be too hard on the guy for this.

thai-mag.@30…….. Could Joe have made a mistake when he’s arranged his holiday with Ashley? That’s probably the case as he’s never told a porkie in his life. Prone to hyperbole at odd times he may be but pirkies, never.

@Rotonda and Torque.I’m glad I am not the only one that thinks taylor is way over rated.He makes more mistakes than Bramble (on the pitch) gave more penalties away,spends more time on his arse than JCB driver (no disrespect to jcb drivers) yet Bramble got stick every week.taylor only gets away with it because he’s a Geordie.
Glad we signed a keeper as elliott not good enough either.
PSG coming after Cabaye all guns blazing.how about a swap deal,Gameiro,Sakho,and Menez.Wishful thinking I know.

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